Policy information sourced from the Gravesham Local Plan First Review

TC3

The Borough Council will adopt the following approach to applications for development within or affecting conservation areas:

  1. Where development is acceptable in relation to other policies in this Plan, it will be carefully judged for its impact and will be expected to make a positive contribution to the conservation area. The Borough Council will expect applications to contain sufficient details to enable the impact of the proposal upon the conservation area to be assessed.
  2. The demolition of unlisted buildings will be resisted unless the Borough Council is satisfied that the existing building is harmful to the conservation area and that the proposals for redevelopment or other use of the site will be beneficial. To this end, the Borough Council may, in suitable cases, require an agreement for the replacement of the building or other suitable treatment of the site, prior to the granting of conservation area consent for demolition.

For more information please see the Gravesham Local Plan